Call Me Human

Call Me Human
Film poster
French	Je m'appelle humain
Directed by	Kim O'Bomsawin
Written by	Kim O'Bomsawin
Produced by	Andrée-Anne Frenette
Starring	Joséphine Bacon
Cinematography	Hugo Gendron Michel Valiquette
Edited by	Alexandre Lachance
Music by	Alain Auger
Production company	Terre Innue
Distributed by	Maison 4:3
Release date	September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) (FCVQ)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	French Innu-aimun

Call Me Human (French: Je m'appelle humain) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kim O'Bomsawin and released in 2020.^[1] The film is a portrait of Innu poet Joséphine Bacon.^[2]

The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival.^[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival and the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival, and had its commercial premiere on November 13.^[1]

Awards

At the Quebec City Film festival, the film was cowinner of the Prix Jury collégial with Alexandre Rockwell's Sweet Thing.^[4] At Cinefest, it won the Audience Choice Award for documentaries,^[5] and at VIFF, it won the juried award for Best Canadian Documentary Film.^[6]

The film initially received three Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Hugo Gendron, Michel Valiquette) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Alexandre Lachance).^[7] After the organization decided to add the eligible documentary films to its Public Prize ballot, the film was also named as a nominee in that category.^[8]

The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2021.^[9]

References

1. "Le film sur la poète autochtone Joséphine Bacon sortira le 13 novembre" Archived 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine. Ici Radio-Canada, September 10, 2020.
2. Cédric Bélanger, "Une histoire d’amitié" Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal de Québec, September 18, 2020.
3. Valérie Cloutier, "Un Festival de cinéma de la Ville de Québec sur le web" Archived 2020-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. Ici Radio-Canada, August 26, 2020.
4. "Le film «La déesse des mouches à feu» couronné au FCVQ" Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal de Québec, September 21, 2020.
5. "Cinefest Sudbury announces its 2020 award winners" Archived 2020-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Sudbury Star, October 11, 2020.
6. Pat Mullen, "Call Me Human Leads VIFF Winners" Archived 2020-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. Point of View, September 29, 2020.
7. Jean-François Vandeuren, "La déesse des mouches à feu part en tête des nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021" Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Showbizz.net, April 26, 2021.
8. "Québec Cinéma décide finalement d’inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public" Archived 2021-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.
9. "Prix collégial du cinéma québécois: «Je m’appelle humain» de Kim O’Bomsawin triomphe". Le Journal de Québec, March 27, 2021.

External links

• Call Me Human at IMDb